>weekday morning>must go to work>car broke>bike 404>have to use the bus>enter the bus>overcrowded>no seats empty>have to stand>bus driver drives like a racedriver>everyone in the bus gets thrown around
Public transportation, never again

>>1109761A lot of people have bad times on public transport, if buses or bikes aren't ur thing there is always uber if needed and eventually there will be self driving cars. However if you just like to drive then that's cool too :) Be yourself and be happy

>>1111972>Before, you were complaining about fairness and following one set of rule>>1111968 was my first post in this thread. The point is that cyclists are slower than cars in all instances other than stopped traffic. You argued in >>1111962 that the incentive for allowing cyclist light running is to improve traffic flow by allowing cyclists to "get out of the way" when it's advantageous to do so. Why shouldn't motoryclists be afforded the same privilege? They can squeeze between cars almost as tightly, and can certainly accelerate much faster. Hell, if the argument is simply clearing traffic, cagers should be able to treat red lights as yield signs; if it's all clear, they should just be allowed to drive through.

No, the specific problem with allowing cyclists to blow reds as a form of "congestion alleviation" is that when the light turns green, all those cars are going to come up faster and, given both the average speed of cyclists and the duration of most red lights, the cyclist will have at most two or three blocks' lead, after which it is unlikely they will have already turned off. Those cars are going to come up fast, and the rightmost lane is essentially going to turn into a closed lane when cars need to merge left to pass the cyclist. So no, as a cyclist cutting reds in crowded intersections only makes traffic worse for everyone else, but congrats, you saved 20 seconds and having to brake.

>>1112173I don't run reds, but where I live, a cyclist is considered a vehicle when riding, a ped when walking along the bike.So I don't see it as an issue if I jump off, quickly take a ped green and then return to vehicle state beyond the intersection.

Then as an extension of that, if there are no peds around, I won't feel bad about not getting off my bike to do it, either

>>1112241>he doesn't know how to trigger the traffic lights on his bike or hook turnI'm not sure if hook turns are allowed by default in your jurisdiction but if they are you should defnitely use them because they're faster than using pedestrian crossings. And if your traffic lights have visual indicators for the detectors then learn how to activate them by sitting your bike on them. You may notice metallic strips in the road; sit your bike in the centre e.g.http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roads/bicycles/video-gallery/video-bicycle-traffic-signals.html

BMX Thread #2

Im an oldfag and I tried to bunny hop last night and pulled back too far lost balance crashed onto asphalt and now im bloodied all over. Its taking longer to recover bruises cause im old.

they say you have to scoop up the back wheel while bringing the front wheel up, well mate from my experience thats impossible, you can't just jump up wheels that easily but i'll try again tonight hopefully i wont die like i almost did last night

i also want to try snitching a ride like i saw some faggots doing on youtube but that doesn't really seem safe or legal.

>>1108014I'm way past the bar yanking now. I'm almost touching my rear tire with my ass, arms and legs extrended. Super effective on the BMX, nothing happens on the big bikes. Unfortunately I don't own a BMX, I've just ridden my friends BMX a few times so I'm not making any progress on that.

I am progressing on the hops, slowly. Just trying to adjust from hopping both wheels at the same time to lifting the front first and then the rear. It kinda works but not much height yet,

>>1110428Hmm, I'll go try that arm movement thing while the feet are on the ground.

>>1111914>2x is more intuitive to use, jumps between 3x are always weird, while with 2x they are more optimal - both road and AM/enduro bike speakingIn my opinion it's exactly the opposite. There are some 2x cranks with a reasonable jump (CX cranks with 36/46, some mtb cranks around 24/34) but mostly I seem to be hunting between the chainrings with the chain absolutely sideways trying to find a comfortable gear. With triples you usually have around 10t jumps (22/32/42 or 3039/50) which works out nicely for me.

>>1111920It's just a different style of shifting. With a triple, I ride it about 80% of time like a 1x in the middle ring, only shift the front if I get into the extreme ends. In those situations you get Improved range AND chainline, then just return to the middle ring later. As I wrote above, triples usually have smaller jumps...

>>1112205>There are some 2x cranks with a reasonable jump (CX cranks with 36/46, some mtb cranks around 24/34) but mostly I seem to be hunting between the chainrings with the chain absolutely sideways trying to find a comfortable gear.

I remember when i switched from an entry triple mtb to a more serious AM HT with 24/36, it was brilliant. With tripple I was always in the wrong chainring on the descent (22/32/42).

Now on a road bike, the 39/52 is also brilliant - hill pops up, change front, time for a short descent change to big, mostly I dont even touch the rear in those situations.its much more comfortable than doing shifts front and rear like I did with triple, but I gess there are other factors on how it fits, but for me, I avoid tripples as much as I can since many of tripples also couse chainrubs on FD.

>>1112205>With a triple, I ride it about 80% of time like a 1x in the middle ring, only shift the front if I get into the extreme ends.

well put, with 2x its either descent or climb / ascent or descent (almost 50-50 usage). 2x fits me more and need far less RD shifts after first FD shift. Its significantly more simple riding for me.

Fat/tubeless tires

When is it better to have tubes, and when is it better to go tubeless?

My buddy who has the same bike as me (pic related) has these massive low pressure tires and I really want to get some. They like fold into the ground and you can corner way sharper on gravel and stuff.

>>1111534Tubeless requires that you buy the right set of wheels and tires. It's not something you just decide to do, since there's no industry standard on what a tubeless tire should be. Chances are, the rims will be too large and the tires too small 'just in case'. Double check that the tires you're getting and the rims you have or will buy are compatible.

Tubeless seems to be in beta stage still. It may or may not work right, depending on your tires, rims, luck, rim tape etc. It may seem fine first, then the tire might suddenly come off the rim later while riding.

ff you just want to get rid of punctures, pour the sealant in the tube. If you want to tinker with your bike and take the chances for possibly reduced weight and rolling resistance, go tubeless.

If you want to ride at lower pressures, just lower the pressures and ride. You don't want to be hitting the rim, tubes or not.

>>1109408Its not like cars have 1,000+lbs on each wheel... Youd be surprised how thin wheel bearings and hubs are on cars and even big suvs. A 200 lb rider has most of his weight on the back tire anyways.